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The brief, decisive war with Spain transformed the United States into a two-ocean empire. In addition to occupying Cuba, Washington annexed Puerto Rico and Hawaii and seized control of Guam and the Philippines.
The underlying cause of the Spanish American War was US public support for Cuban independence. The triggering event was the mysterious sinking of the USS Maine on 15 February â¦1898 which led to a declaration of War. The net effect of the War was Cuban Independence and the loss of Spain's New World Empire.